Java String Capitalize First capitalizeFirstOnly(String s)

Description

Capitalize all letters preceded by whitespace, and lower case all other letters.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the String to capitalize

Return

the capitalized string

Declaration

public static String capitalizeFirstOnly(String s) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Capitalize all letters preceded by whitespace, and lower case
     * all other letters. 
     * @param s the String to capitalize
     * @return the capitalized string
     */
    public static String capitalizeFirstOnly(String s) {
        if (s == null)
            return null;
        if (s.length() == 0)
            return s;

        StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer();
        char c = s.charAt(0);
        sbuf.append(Character.toUpperCase(c));
        boolean space = Character.isWhitespace(c);
        for (int i = 1; i < s.length(); ++i) {
            c = s.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isWhitespace(c)) {
                space = true;
            } else if (space) {
                c = Character.toUpperCase(c);
                space = false;
            } else {
                c = Character.toLowerCase(c);
            }
            sbuf.append(c);
        }
        return sbuf.toString();
    }
}

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1. capitalizeFirstLetter(String string)
2. capitalizeFirstLetter(String string)
3. capitalizeFirstLetter(String text)
4. capitalizeFirstLetter(String[] strArr)
5. capitalizeFirstOnly(String original)
6. capitalizeTheFirstLetter(String input)